STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3433

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 655, 656

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 655 and 656, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

 

Board of Health

 

G.M. No. 655

HEATHER HAYNES,

for a term to expire 6-30-2016; and

 

G.M. No. 656

OPAL BUCHTHAL,

for a term to expire 6-30-2017,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal histories, resumes, and statements submitted by the nominees and finds Heather Haynes and Opal Buchthal to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Board of Health.

 

HEATHER HAYNES

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Heather Haynes from the Department of Health.

 

     Dr. Haynes received a Doctor of Medicine degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine.  She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biopsychology from the University of California at Santa Barbara.  Dr. Haynes is currently pursuing a Master of Public Health degree at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

 

     Dr. Haynes currently serves as Medical Director for Hale Makua Health Services and the University of Hawaii's Maui Campus Health Center.  She also works for the Women's Health/Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program of Hui No Ke Ola Pono (Native Hawaiian Health Care System).  Dr. Haynes is the recipient of the Wesley Oler Award for Outstanding Resident Physician and the Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation from the American Medical Women's Association.

 

     Your Committee finds that Dr. Haynes has in-depth knowledge of a variety of healthcare settings and Native Hawaiian health.  Your Committee further finds that her experience and background will be of great benefit to the Board of Health.

 

OPAL BUCHTHAL

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Opal Buchthal from the Department of Health.

 

     Dr. Buchthal received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Master of Science in Public Health degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Francisco State University.

 

     Dr. Buchthal currently serves as Assistant Professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where she teaches program evaluation and qualitative research with the Department of Public Health.  Dr. Buchthal has experience as a researcher and program evaluator working in nutrition and physical activity, social marketing, and tobacco use.

 

     Your Committee finds that Dr. Buchthal has a strong interest in helping communities attain food security and improve nutrition through self-help projects.  Your Committee further finds that her knowledge, experience, and dedication will be great assets to the Board of Health.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that are attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominees, has found the nominees to be qualified for the positions to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nominations.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

 

 

 

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JOSH GREEN, Chair